An early debate in mathematical biology and its value for teaching: Rashevsky's 1934 paper on cell division

DOI10.1007/S00283-016-9700-ZzbMath1380.92003OpenAlexW2613835298MaRDI QIDQ2400833

Tinne Hoff Kjeldsen

Publication date: 30 August 2017

Published in: The Mathematical Intelligencer (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00283-016-9700-z

zbMATH Keywords

mathematical biologyeducational aspects in applying mathematical models into cell biological phenomena

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of mathematics in the 20th century (01A60) Biographies, obituaries, personalia, bibliographies (01A70) History of biology (92-03) Student assessment, achievement control, and rating (aspects of mathematics education) (97D60) Modeling and interdisciplinarity (aspects of mathematics education) (97M10) Teaching mathematical problem solving and heuristic strategies (97D50) Biology, chemistry, medicine (aspects of mathematics education) (97M60)

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• Mathematical methods and models in biomedicine.
• Intellectual pursuits of Nicolas Rashevsky. The queer duck of biology
• Models and modelling in mathematics education
• Rockefeller and the internationalization of mathematics between the two world wars. Documents and studies for the social history of mathematics in the 20th century

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